Xichong County, part of Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is located in the north-eastern part of the Sichuan Basin and the northwestern part of Nanchong City, neighboring Shunqing District in the east, Jialing District in the south, Yanting County of Mianyang City, Pengxi County of Suining City and Shehong City in the west, and Nanfang County in the north, with a total area of 1,108 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Xichong County has 2 streets, 16 towns, and 5 townships under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2021, the total population of Xichong County was 581,413,000 people.
Xichong County was established in 621, the fourth year of Tang Wude, with a history of 1,400 years. The general Jun Jixin, who "deceived Chu and saved Han", the scholar Qiao Zhou of the Three Kingdoms, the monk He Jiong of the Tang Dynasty, and Zhang Lan, the vice chairman of the first Central People's Government and the founder of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), were all born here. The art of calligraphy and paper-cutting is unique, "Xianglong Marriage Song" and "Bench Dragon" have become intangible cultural heritages, and there are 14 national and provincial important cultural relics protection units. Loyalty culture, red culture, folk culture has a long history, is the "cultural county", "cultural relics county", "China (Jixin) Loyalty Culture Township".
In 2022, Xichong County will realize a GDP of 21.19 billion yuan.